Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Table of Contents - Volume 641 - 2009  

Papers

Closed-loop control of an open cavity flow using reduced-order models

ALEXANDRE BARBAGALLOa1a2, DENIS SIPPa1 and PETER J. SCHMIDa2 c1

a1 ONERA-DAFE, 8 rue des Vertugadins, 92190 Meudon, France

a2 Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France

Abstract

The control of separated fluid flow by reduced-order models is studied using the two-dimensional incompressible flow over an open square cavity at Reynolds numbers where instabilities are present. Actuation and measurement locations are taken on the upstream and downstream edge of the cavity. A bi-orthogonal projection is introduced to arrive at reduced-order models for the compensated problem. Global modes, proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) modes and balanced modes are used as expansion bases for the model reduction. The open-loop behaviour of the full and the reduced systems is analysed by comparing the respective transfer functions. This analysis shows that global modes are inadequate to sufficiently represent the input–output behaviour whereas POD and balanced modes are capable of properly approximating the exact transfer function. Balanced modes are far more efficient in this process, but POD modes show superior robustness. The performance of the closed-loop system corroborates this finding: while reduced-order models based on POD are able to render the compensated system stable, balanced modes accomplish the same with far fewer degrees of freedom.

(Received October 30 2008)

(Revised July 23 2009)

(Accepted July 24 2009)

(Online publication November 30 2009)

Key words:

  • flow control;
  • instability

Correspondence:

c1 Email address for correspondence: peter@ladhyx.polytechnique.fr

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